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Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
Nature abhors a vacuum.
[Fr., Natura abhorret vacuum.]
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
I abhor the profane rabble and keep them at a distance.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
The little cannot bee great, unlesse he devoure many.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Slander is a shipwrack by a dry Tempest.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Idle people have the least leisure.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
Time rolls on, and we grow old with silent years.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.
It is difficult to whistle and drink at the same time.